US6238850B1 - Method of forming sharp corners in a photoresist layer - Google Patents
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- the present invention broadly relates to the field of lithography; and more particularly, to a method of reducing comer rounding on very small images, i.e. images that are near the resolution limit of the optical system.
- the present invention also offers an alternative method of proximity correction especially useful for very small images.
- photolithography is used to transfer patterns, i.e. images, from a mask containing circuit-design information to thin films on the surface of a substrate, e.g. Si wafer.
- the pattern transfer is accomplished with a photoresist (an ultraviolet light-sensitive organic polymer).
- a photoresist an ultraviolet light-sensitive organic polymer
- a substrate that is coated with a photoresist is illuminated through a mask and the mask pattern is transferred to the photoresist by chemical developers. Further pattern transfer is accomplished using a chemical etchant.
- pattern transfer may be accomplished by either a 5X reduction step and repeat, or a 4X reduction step and scan exposure systems using short wavelength ultraviolet light.
- Another prior art technique for reducing corner rounding on a transferred image is to reduce the wavelength of the light used in the imaging process.
- Both of the above mentioned techniques have limits associated therewith. For example, reducing the wavelength of light used for imaging runs up against photoresist formulation and optical problems, including reduced DOF and limited equipment availability. Adding serifs can become data intensive, requiring very large data sets. Smaller serifs are also difficult to fabricate and inspect on a mask, for example placing four 0.1 ⁇ 0.1 ⁇ m serifs on the comers of a 0.25 ⁇ 0.25 ⁇ m via is very difficult to inspect with current equipment capabilities.
- One object of the present invention is to provide a photolithographic method which is capable of providing an image on a photoresist layer that has sharp comers, i.e. reduced comer rounding, associated therewith.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a method which is capable of proximity correction of very small images.
- a further object of the present invention is to provide a method of forming transferred images that are near the resolution capabilities of the optical system.
- a yet further object of the present invention is to provide a method of pattern transfer wherein conventional photoresist, i.e. photosensitive, materials and/or optical systems are used.
- An added benefit of the present invention is the elimination of mask process induced comer distortion (i.e. comer rounding) on the resulting printed image.
- the method of the present invention which provides an image in a photoresist (or photosensitive) layer using double exposure, comprises:
- the pattern provided using the above described double exposure process may then be transferred to an underlying substrate by using conventional etching.
- the present invention is capable of producing latent images that are shaped similar to a diamond, square or rectangle.
- the latent image produced may be isolated or nested in arrays or rows.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a structure having a photoresist layer on a surface of a substrate.
- FIGS. 2 a-c are top views illustrating: (a) a first mask, (b) a second mask, and (c) the image produced by the same after conducting the double exposure process of the present invention.
- FIGS. 3 a-c are top views illustrating: (a) a first mask, (b) a second mask, and (c) the image produced by the same after conducting the double exposure process of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a top view of an image that can be produced using the method of the present invention using a hybrid positive-negative photoresist.
- FIG. 5 is a modeled topographical exposure map (0.1 increments) of an image provided by the method of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a modeled topographical exposure map (0.1 increments) of an isolated image provided by the method of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a modeled aerial image (0.5 increments) of two contacts in relatively close proximity to each other that were produced using conventional (prior art) lithography techniques.
- FIG. 8 is a design of mask shapes that can be used in the present invention.
- FIGS. 9 a-b show a simulated wafer shape for a conventional exposure (reference FIG. 7) and the exposure made according to the present invention (reference FIG. 8) at (a) 0 ⁇ m defocus and (b) 0.4 ⁇ m defocus.
- FIG. 10 is a modeled topographical exposure map (0.1 increments) of an isolated image provided by the present invention wherein the shapes are other than 90 °.
- FIG. 11 is a design of mask shapes used in producing the image of FIG. 10 .
- substrate 10 employed in the present invention is any material that is capable of being patterned by lithography.
- substrate 10 may be a semiconductor chip, wafer, interconnect structure, circuit board, metal layer, insulator or other like material in which an image can be formed thereon by lithography and etching.
- the substrate can be composed of, or contain, a semiconducting material such as Si, Ge, GaAs, InAs, InP or other like III/V compound.
- the substrate may contain active device regions, wiring regions, isolation regions or other like regions. For clarity these regions are not shown in FIG. 1 .
- the photoresist employed in the present invention may be composed of any conventional positive or negative resist material that is typically used in the field of lithography.
- a hybrid photoresist comprising a combination of negative and positive resist materials can also be employed in the present invention.
- Photoresist 12 is formed on the surface of substrate 10 using conventional deposition processes that are well known in the art.
- the photoresist may be applied by spin-on coating, dip coating, chemical vapor deposition, brushing, evaporation and other like deposition techniques.
- the present invention can be used in contact printing, proximity printing, or projection printing.
- contact printing the mask or masks are pressed upon the photoresist layer; in proximity printing, the mask(s) is positioned a short distance away from the photoresist layer; and in projection printing, an optical element for projecting the image of a mask to the photoresist layer is employed between the mask and the photoresist layer.
- Any conventional photo-optical exposure system may be employed in the present invention.
- FIGS. 2 a and 3 a illustrate some examples of the first mask 20 that can be employed in the present invention in which region 22 is the mask material and region 24 is the image to be transferred to the photoresist.
- the image from the first mask is transferred to the photoresist by utilizing a partial exposure process wherein the dosage employed at a specific wavelength (within the resist absorption spectrum) is less than that which would provide full exposure of the same.
- a single, continuous pulse or multiple pulses may be employed in the present invention.
- the first mask is removed, and a second mask 30 having a second image 34 having at least two edges is next provided.
- the second mask which is shown in FIGS. 2 b and 3 b is aligned with a substantial rotation to the first transferred image so that the latent image has edges that are substantially rotated relative to the first and second edges.
- the second mask may also be composed of conventional materials, e.g. chrome on quartz or an attenuating phase shift material.
- the second image edges are substantially rotated relative to the first image edges.
- the rotation can be any angle that is greater than 0°.
- the rotation may be 0°, 20°, 30°, etc.
- Preferred rotations are from 45° to 90°.
- the second image is then transferred to the photoresist utilizing a second partial exposure step.
- the second partial exposure step may be carried out using the same or different dosage as the first partial exposure step. Again, a continuous energy pulse may be used in the second partial exposure step, or, alternatively, multiple energy pulses may be employed.
- the first and second images have at least one overlapping region and at least one non-overlapping region.
- the non-overlapping region extends outward from the overlapping region by an amount that is greater than the wavelength of the exposure system. In other embodiments, the non-overlapping region is approximately the wavelength of the exposure system, or it is less than the wavelength of the exposure system, but greater than 0.
- the latent image 40 in the photoresist is then developed using an appropriate developer.
- the kinds of developers that can be employed in the present invention are well known to those skilled in the art and are dependent on whether a positive or negative photoresist is employed.
- FIGS. 2 a-c show first mask 20 having vertical clear bars 24 and second mask 30 having horizontal clear bars 34 producing a printed image 40 (FIG. 2 c ) in a positive photoresist layer 12 which is an array of diamonds (squares turned 45° from the mask image bars).
- a positive photoresist layer 12 which is an array of diamonds (squares turned 45° from the mask image bars).
- Each mask was exposed with a sub-threshold dose of energy so the photoresist only sees sufficient energy for complete exposure in the overlap.
- a diamond shaped image is printed due to overlapping intensity distributions of the overlapping exposures. Therefore the process sequence is underexpose mask 20 , underexpose mask 30 , develop. Of course, turning the mask images by 45°, results in an array of squares.
- FIGS. 3 a-c While an array of images may not always be useful, rows, and individual square images can be produced. This is illustrated in FIGS. 3 a-c .
- a mask 20 having broken vertical clear bars 24 and mask 30 having horizontal clear bars 34 produces a printed image 40 in a positive photoresist layer which is a row of diamond shapes. Individual diamond shapes could be produced by this technique as well.
- images such as shown in FIG. 4 can be fabricated where the distance “D” is a sub-resolution image.
- FIGS. 5 and 6 are modeled topographical exposure maps of the invention.
- FIG. 5 models the case described in FIGS. 2 a-c and
- FIG. 6 models the case described in FIGS. 3 a-c .
- the modeling technique used combines a software program called Fast Aerial Image Model (FAIM) which is commercially available with software that applies photoresist sensitizer diffusion effects to the latent image.
- FIM Fast Aerial Image Model
- the dose contour which defines the desired printed image for case 1 (contour 0.6 in FIG. 5) is about 30% of full exposure and similarly is about 35% of full exposure case 2 (contour 0.7 in FIG. 6 ).
- Simulations show that the invention is relatively insensitive to defocus in the range of 0 to 0.5 ⁇ m for periodic array shapes.
- simulations at different sensitizer diffusion lengths (0-0.15 ⁇ m) show the same insensitivity but over a lesser range of tolerable exposure.
- FIG. 7 shows a modeled aerial image of 2 contacts in relatively close proximity to one another.
- the aerial image shown was produced by simulating a conventional photolithograhpy process.
- Application of the present invention to reduce corner rounding can be achieved by two exposures of the mask shapes shown in FIG. 8 .
- FIGS. 9 a-b show the simulated wafer shape for a conventional exposure and the exposure made according to the present invention. Simulated wafer shapes for 0 ⁇ m defocus (FIG. 9 a ) and 0.4 ⁇ m defocus (FIG. 9 b ) are shown. For both defocus conditions, the method of the present invention results in reduced corner rounding which ultimately will allow greater contact area with the previous and subsequent levels.
- FIG. 10 illustrates an embodiment of the present invention wherein the shapes produced are other than 90°; whereas FIG. 11 shows a design of mask shapes that can be used in producing the same.
- This embodiment of the present invention is capable of producing rectangular shaped structures.
- the invention described herein enables the construction of photoresist structures with very square corners. These structures result by using a double exposure method that forces a very symmetric light intensity exposure to occur within the resist. More specifically, if one simply used a single exposure of a periodic pattern of contact openings in a mask, in an attempt to achieve a square-like pattern exposure of the resist, the wellknown limitations of diffraction would severely limit the ability to achieve this desired exposure pattern.
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- NA*R the numerical aperture of the projection stepper
- R the “geometrical reduction projection factor” (usually between 1 and 20) between the actual (larger) size on the mask versus what is printed in the photoresist.
- the invention described herein forces very squarelike patterns to be produced, due to the symmetry imposed on the exposure pattern.
- the inventive method yields square-like exposure patterns for extremely small contact holes, simply by making the width and periodic spacing of the lines used in each mask exposure to be sufficiently small. More specifically, diffraction does not limit the formation of the square-like intensity pattern at nearly any dimension.
- the only real limitation to printing these square-like structures is that for small enough lines, the contrast between the maximum intensity and the minimum intensity becomes very small. If the photoresist is not sufficiently sensitive to differentiate between small changes in exposure, then the pattern of contacts will not print, despite the net intensity pattern being square-like.
- resist contrast sensitivities one can take further advantage of the proposed double exposure technique to achieve decreasingly smaller square-like contact hole printability.
- the present technique can achieve square-like intensity patterns of nearly any size for a regular grid of contacts.
- the limitation to being able to make the contact holes sufficiently small will largely reside with the resist contrast sensitivity.
- this method will certainly yield square-like patterns for contact holes of the size of lambda/(NA*R), which improves beyond conventional capabilities that result in circular-like patterns being printed at this dimension.
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